Ockham’s Razor
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This program is no longer in production. Ockham’s Razor is a soap box for all things scientific, with short talks about research, industry and policy from people with something thoughtful to say about science.
Episodes
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Mar 28, 2020 • 11min
Fire, hope and healing
When your coping mechanism is destroyed, how to cope?
Mar 21, 2020 • 12min
People, animals and pandemics
The Spanish Flu devastated the world a century before COVID-19.
Mar 14, 2020 • 11min
Forensic archaeology
Nuclear technolgy is revealing the historical travels of ancient ochres.
Mar 7, 2020 • 11min
How to run a research institute
It's time to say goodbye to 'research hotels'.
Feb 29, 2020 • 12min
Is all freshwater up for grabs?
Up to 5 per cent of the world's fresh water is buried under the sea. Should we tap it?
Feb 22, 2020 • 11min
How to fake acupuncture
You can't fake sticking needles into someone, without a little magic ...
Feb 15, 2020 • 12min
The future is one part tequila
Could three crops transform our farming - and our climate impact?
Feb 8, 2020 • 12min
Is eating meat bad for you?
What makes food 'good' goes well beyond science and health.
Feb 1, 2020 • 8min
The greatest time machine ever invented
How to study the ancient rocks of Antarctica without leaving South Australia.
Jan 25, 2020 • 12min
Down with war ... on cancer
Could we treat cancer better by doing less? Surgeon Christobel Saunders thinks so.
